iGame Radio

 

Episode 74 is posted. Cory Tamas and I chat about the state of Mac gaming. Plus, a review of Justin Ficarrotta’s award winning game Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious, and Transgaming’s PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords for the iPhone.

Laserface Jones vs. Doomsday Odious by Justin Ficarrotta


PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords for the iPhone by Transgaming

 

I talk with Justin Ficarrotta about Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious, his winning entry in the uDevGames 2008 contest, as well as his successes within the commercial game industry. Also, a chat with Matthew Woods, who developed Constellation for the uDevGames contest, his first contest entry, winning second place in the Best Overall category. We talk about what inspired him to found Paper Dragon Games and what he intends to do from here.

The Logo Contest is heating up! Our newest sponsor is Howling Moon Software, developers of ScribBall 2 and ScribBall for the iPhone. You can check out my interview with Andy Korth of Howling Moon regarding his uDevGames entry, too. Check his games out. :D

 

I talk with Andy Korth of Howling Moon Software about Reclaimed, his entry into the uDevGames 2008 contest, as well as his commercial games. Also, a chat with Stephen Johnson, who developed gw0rp for the uDevGames contest, and won in two categories. We chat about his history in the iDevGames community, his previous commercial success, and what his future is likely to be.

The uDevGames Contest is a Mac indie game contest run off and on throughout the years by the folks at iDevGames. It is an excellent opportunity for Mac Indie game developers to put a game together in a short time, using their skills and trying out all kinds of interesting ideas that might not necessarily fly well in the commercial game industry, especially among the big giants who are quite content with sequelitis.

uDevGames 2008 kicked off last year in early December, and voting just finished a few days ago. iDevGames just announced the winners on Monday.

And now, iDevGames is proud to announce the winners of uDevGames 2008:

Best overall Game
Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious – Justin Ficarrotta
Constellation – Matthew Woods
uDeadGame – William Griffin

Gameplay
Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious – Justin Ficarrotta
Constellation – Matthew Woods
Maneuv’It – DGuy

Graphics
Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious – Justin Ficarrotta
Surrounded By Death – Matt Hergaarden
ChasmBowling – Ben Mildren

Audio
Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious – Justin Ficarrotta
Maneuv’It – DGuy
ChasmBowling – Ben Mildren & Simoebic Dysentery – Joe Flores

Story
Boston: Mouse in the Sewer – Lincoln Green
Gw0rp – Stephen Johnson
Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious – Justin Ficarrotta

Presentation
Laserface Jones vs Doomsday Odious – Justin Ficarrotta
Constellation – Matthew Woods
Maneuv’It – DGuy

Originality
Simoebic Dysentery – Joe Flores
ChasmBowling – Ben Mildren
Gw0rp – Stephen Johnson

Congratulations to everyone who worked hard on this. You can check out their games and indeed all 20 of the games that entered the contest here. Also, I’ll be posting an interview with two of the developers (one of them a winner) later today. Hopefully, I’ll have some more interviews a little later on.

I haven’t been keeping up with this as I should…naughty me! uDevGames contest, the wonderful Mac games contest put on irregularly by Carlos Camacho and the forum members at iDevGames.com, is nearing the end of its run, and voting has begun.

There are 19 game demos available to look at and vote on, from arcade to puzzle to rpg. So, check them out, vote, and I may be able to provide some voices from the contest in the next few days or weeks for you as well.